GRE Word List
PROPONENT
one who argues in favor of something : advocate
The meaning of the word proponent is one who argues in favor of something : advocate.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| matinee | a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| orgy | secret ceremonial rites held in honor of an ancient Greek or Roman deity and usually characterized by ecstatic singing and dancing |
| malign | evil in nature, influence, or effect : injurious |
| smudge | to make a smudge on |
| engross | to copy or write in a large hand |
| commune | talk over |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |